讲座题目：Air pollution and mortality impacts of coal mining: Evidence from coalmine accidents in China

讲座内容：We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations mandate that coal mining be suspended if a mine experiences an accident with 10 or more fatalities. We use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to compare counties with an accident to those experiencing an accident more than two years earlier or later. We provide evidence that the timing of accidents cannot be predicted. Next, we combine satellite-based air pollution data at the county-day level with the dates of accidents to show that on average, suspending coal mining reduces local air pollution by 8%. Changes in the level of coal consumption do not drive this reduction. We also find significant decreases in respiratory mortality after suspending coal mining with particularly large effects on vulnerable populations.

主讲人简介：中南财经政法大学文澜学院教授、博士生导师，2015年获美国田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校经济学博士学位。主要研究领域为能源与环境经济学、产业组织与规制、应用计量经济学。学术论文发表于Journal of Public Economics、Journal of Environmental Economics and Management、Journal of Industrial Economics、Environmental and Resource Economics、The Energy Journal、Energy Economics、Journal of Economic Surveys、Economic Modelling等国际经济学知名期刊。多次担任The Energy Journal、Energy Economics、Economic Modelling、Emerging Markets Finance and Trade等国际经济学期刊匿名审稿人。